The use of plastic pink flamingos to send a message in the
ongoing negotiations between Portland Public Schools and their teachers' union
ruffled at least one set of feathers.

Board co-chairman Greg Belisle, one of
three members to receive a "flocking" courtesy of an apparent union supporter,
appears to have taken his birds to the dump. He hasn't admitted chucking them,
but has been pegged as the culprit by process of elimination.

The flamingo saga, an amusing if strange side note to
contract talks, has also generated a heated debate among our readers. Did
Belisle overreact? Is flocking, at least in this case, a form of intimidation?

What would you do if a flock of fluorescent lawn ornaments
landed in your front yard?